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[It probably shows just how strong the Admiral's - or whatever causes floods, anyway - abilities are that Jack is one of the participants in this card swap. Even with the outside influence, he'd dragged his feet, and wound up only giving out cards to Scott and Nathan, and they were more thank you notes than Valentines.

The next day, he sort of seems mostly the same, although he's sporting a slightly different haircut complete with doofy sideburns. Thanks Scott.]

So, what, that's it? Not that I'm necessarily complaining, but I had the impression that "floods" were a lot less grade school.

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[Somewhat unbeknownst to him, the new hairstyle isn't the only thing he's picked up from this flood. Although he's still cranky and on edge, he's calmed down a lot over the last few days.

Given up is probably the slightly better way to describe it, because this is just crushing, and of course no one gets it. It's not like he can tell them what he'd needed to do, what the Admiral had cost him, because he still just doesn't believe he'd died. Wouldn't he remember something like that?

Anyway, sitting around sulking in his room hasn't been an option, and so he's taken to getting as acquainted to the ship as an unassigned inmate can be. He wanders around the library, the deck, the mess hall, and might even bother to start up conversations with people that aren't mostly him jabbering nonsense about how he isn't supposed to be here. So, that's progress.

What's arguably stranger is the fact that when he spots Duke in one of the common rooms, he's just immediately drawn to the guy. Who knows why, but he just seems like someone who used to be kind of an asshole and now is just. Super awesome. What a great guy.

Ignore the fact that he's never actually spoken to you before.]

Hey, Duke, right? [He's... maybe done a bit of backreading to fact check a few things and better familiarize himself with what the hell is going on here. u__u]

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[The TV sets in the common rooms are what keep drawing Duke back. He'd never watch River's interviews in public and his laptop on his bed works just fine for documentaries, but a little variety is always nice. What he's managed to get so far on this one is Porky Pig cartoons. Better than nothing, but not grandly entertaining, which is why he's a bit relieved to hear his name.]

Hi. It's - Jack?

Yeah.

[The cartoons get some vague interest. He's not necessarily a huge fan, but it's been kind of difficult to shake the idea that things like televisions and showers are novelties after living without them for a couple months, even if that was a long time ago now.

Plus, it just seems totally normal to strike up a conversation about such things with Duke, so he proceeds with the conversation with the same sort of casual friendliness as if they've both known each other for a while and don't need to bother with the whole introduction process or anything like that.]

I didn't realize you could get cartoons on these things.

[The casual conversation doesn't exactly surprise Duke, although he doesn't know where it comes from. Jack seems more than anything like someone looking for a chat - simple enough, and Duke's a sensible enough conversational partner to pick.

He shrugs easily, poking at a knob on the set to try for something else. No luck; it flickers to Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd but that's the biggest change.] That might be all you can get here, but one on the third floor did give me Walker, Texas Ranger.

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[That gets a chuckle out of him. Not like he was a huge fan of that show, either, but.]

That's something I haven't heard mentioned in a while. [Although at least that's because the show got canceled, versus because he was stranded on an island with nothing to watch beyond DHARMA orientation videos.]

How long have you been here?

Right? Makes me wonder what the other ones are picking up, if anything. Fresh Prince of Bel-Air? The Brady Bunch? [Hopefully not training videos of any kind.]

About three weeks now. How long has it been for you?

Nine days. [He is, and probably will be counting the entire time he's here. Call it an old habit. (Which it is.)]

Are you voting for Brady Bunch or Fresh Prince?

My first was paintball.

It varies.

Paintball? Seriously? How was that a flood?

The changed passengers engaged in a highly competitive game. I classify it as fairly harmless - seemingly random.

And ridiculous.

It is highly unsuited to a prison vessel, certainly.

I get the impression that can be said about a lot of things here.

This is seriously some kiddie shit.

Glad I'm not alone in thinking that.

So you get anything good? [ Since he's not aware of Jack's usual hairdo. ]

Just this haircut, which I'm pretty sure belongs to Scott. Haven't noticed anything else yet.

Doesn't look bad. What do you usually look like?

Way shorter. I haven't worn my hair this way since college.

You have my hair.

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[That would not be good for anyone involved let's be honest folks. B(

He runs his hand through his hair, looking a little self conscious. He's been done with this kind of hairstyle since college, and he looks like a doofus.]

Yeah, I'd kind of noticed. I can't believe that's one of the side effects. [But he sounds more exasperated than angry. Frustrated too.]

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Yeah, uh...you're not feeling, like....angry or anything, right?

Should I be?

[Scott, he's almost always angry. u_u]

No! No, definitely not. [...] Just, uh, can I see your teeth?

Why?

[He is like six billion times more confused than anywhere close to angry.]

Just, um. I think you have my....one of my traits?

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